Ernesto Hellmann (9 November 1898 – 9 September 1952) was an Italian

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In the 1920s and 1930s Ernesto Hellmann was one of Italy's leading chess players. He was Italian national chess master. Ernesto Hellmann played for Italy in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in FIDE Onli ...

s: * In 1928, at third board in the

2nd Chess Olympiad The 2nd Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 21 and August 6, 192 ...

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(+3, =2, -3). * In 1931, at fourth board in the

4th Chess Olympiad The 4th Chess Olympiad (), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and (unofficial) women ...

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(+2, =3, -13). Ernesto Hellmann played for Italy in the unofficial Chess Olympiad: * In 1936, at second reserve board in the

3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation (''Grossdeutscher Schachbund'') as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin with reference to 1924 and 1928 events. Many Jewish chess players took part in the event. Si ...

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Ernesto Hellmann
chess games at 365chess.com 1898 births 1952 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Italian chess players 20th-century Italian sportsmen {{Italy-chess-bio-stub